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Maria Bouroncle | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Swedish |
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Maria Bouroncle, (born 1965 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish author who has lived in Washington DC since 2002. Bouroncle’s first book, It Came to Me on a Whim – The Story of Ingeborg Andersson, Child Murderess, was published in 2018. It recounts the story of the author’s great-aunt who killed her three children in 1929..[1]
It Came to Me on a Whim has been translated into several languages and is currently used in the Scandinavian Crime Literature course at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The book has also been adapted into a documentary, and The Child Murderess of Vesene won the “Best Short Documentary” award at independent film festivals in London, New Jersey and Miami in 2021.[2] That same year, it was also a finalist at the international short film festival Independent Shorts Awards in Los Angeles.[3]
The independent sequel, The Girl with a Name Tag – A Finnish War Child in Sweden, tells the story of Hilja, a 12-year-old girl, who arrived in the small village of Vesene in 1944. The third book in the trilogy, Chicago Dreams – The Story of a Young Immigrant, follows the journey of 23-year-old Elsa, who dreams of a new life in the US in the early 1920s.[4]
Bouroncle is an economist by profession, and before her literary debut she spent over 25 years in international development.[5] In 2020, Bouroncle initiated an international partnership aimed at stimulating children’s reading in South Korea, Uruguay, and Sweden.[6]
In 2024, Maria Bouroncle received a scholarship from the American Scandinavian Association for her contribution to promoting a deeper understanding of Nordic culture. In the spring of 2024, she was also a guest author at the University of Minnesota.[citation needed]
- ^ Bachner, Forrest (11 June 2023). "Focus on Maria Bouroncle". Burleith Bell.
- ^ "Book Talk with Swedish Author Maria Bouroncle". The Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "The Child Murderess of Vesene". Independent Shorts Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Maria Bouroncle's official website". Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Swedish author talks family secrets and murder in Bishop Hill". The Kewanee Voice. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "The city where we read to our children". Gothenburg City of Literature. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2024.